President Trump's former surgeon general, Jerome Adams, said this week that failure to maintain certain requirements for the role he once occupied would compromise the "mission and credibility" of the federal public health service.

Trump's current nominee for the role, Casey Means, graduated from medical school but did not complete her residency, meaning she is not a practicing physician, a distinction that historically has been a prerequisite for the role.

Means and her defenders, including Kennedy, say she left the formal health care system because it was not making people healthier, and she and her brother have carved out a popular lane as influencers and authors aligned with the "Make America Healthy Again" agenda.

Without naming any names, Adams stated

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